Kotis Point
| Kotis Point | ||
 View from Miziya Peak to Kotis Point |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 30 ′ S , 60 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Eliseyna Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Hero Bay | |
The Kotis Point (English; Bulgarian нос Котис nos Kotis ) is a headland on the north coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located 6.4 km southwest of Williams Point , 12.8 km east-northeast of Siddons Point and marks the southwest boundary of the entrance to Eliseyna Cove . A special feature is a rock near the end of the headland.
Bulgarian scientists mapped them while surveying the Tangra Mountains between 2004 and 2005. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2005 after Kotis I , King of the Thracians between 384 and 359 BC. Chr.
Web links
- Kotis Point in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)